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NEWFOUNDLAND

AND

LABRADOR

REGULATION 11/14

Labrador

West Transmission Exemption Order

under the

Electrical Power Control Act, 1994

and the

Public Utilities Act

(O.C. 2014-033)

(Filed February 13, 2014)

Under the authority of

section 5.2 of the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994

and

section 4.1 of the Public Utilities Act

, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Order.

Dated at St. John's

, February 13, 2014.

Julia Mullaley

Clerk of the Executive Council

ORDER

Analysis

Short title

Definition

Exemption

Short title

This Order may be citied as the Labrador West Transmission Exemption Order

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Definition

In this Order, "Labrador West Transmission Project" means the new 230kV transmission system between Churchill Falls

and Labrador West which is substantially composed of the following:

(

a) one 230 kV AC transmission line, approximately 220 kilometres in length, between the Churchill Falls Terminal Station and the new Flora Lake Terminal Station located in Wabush, which line is comprised of steel tower structures similar to those used for the existing 230 kV lines between Churchill Falls and Labrador West;

(

b) one 230 kV AC transmission line, approximately 5 kilometres in length, between the new Flora Lake Terminal Station and the existing Wabush Terminal Station, which line is comprised of steel tower structures similar to those used for the existing 230 kV lines between Churchill Falls and Labrador West;

(

c) interconnection of the new 230 kV transmission line from Flora

Lake

to the existing Churchill Falls Terminal Station, including:

(

i) equipment to be installed including high voltage circuit breakers, disconnect/ground switches, surge arrestors and voltage potential transformers,

(ii)

all site development, demolition, foundations, structure installation, grounding, cables, trenches, protection and control equipment, communications and SCADA equipment, control building, and associated works required for new transmission line interconnection, and

(iii)

upgrades to existing Terminal Station equipment in order to facilitate interconnection of the new system;

(

d) interconnection to the existing Wabush Terminal Station with infrastructure to connect the new 230 kV transmission line, including:

(

i) equipment to be installed including high voltage circuit breakers, disconnect/ground switches, surge arrestors and voltage potential transformers,

(ii)

all site development, demolition, foundations, structure installation, grounding, cables, trenches, protection and control equipment, communications and SCADA equipment, control building modifications, and associated works required for new transmission line interconnection, and

(iii)

upgrades to existing Terminal Station equipment in order to facilitate interconnection of the new system; and

(

e) the development of the new Flora Lake Terminal Station with infrastructure to connect the new 230 kV transmission lines, including:

(

i) construction of a new terminal station including circuit breakers, disconnect/ground switches, surge arrestors, voltage potential transformers and capacitor banks, and

(ii)

all site development activities, terminal station structures, foundations, access roads, control building construction, station service, grounding, wiring, protection, control, and communication equipment.

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Exemption

Newfoundland

and Labrador Hydro is exempt from the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994

and the Public Utilities Act

for all planning, design, construction and contribution activities pertaining to the Labrador West Transmission Project.

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